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Couridjah, New South Wales

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63: 492: 458: 329: 338: 50: 363:. Thirlmere Lakes, to the west of the station, supplied water to the standpipes at Couridjah for replenishing steam locomotives, after their long haul up the steep grade from Picton. The lakes were formerly known as the "Coridja Lagoons" and "Picton Lagoons". The sandstone pump-house is still in existence adjacent to the Lakes. The standpipes, too, remain near the station, but have been disused since 1964. 604: 70: 358:
was formerly a station on the Main Southern Railway. At the time of the line's construction, it was known as "Jones's Hut". That line was deviated in 1919 to a less steep alignment with easier grades, and the original line became the
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Couridjah has no shop, post office, or any other public building, nor any main street. It is chiefly a semi-rural residential area, among which are some small orchards and poultry farms.
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The name "Couridjah" has been variously reported to mean, in a local Aboriginal language, anything from "The Place of the White Ants" to "The Home of the Medicine Man".
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are located at Couridjah. It is also the location of Picton Lakes Village, a settlement established in 1925 for sufferers of
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The platform and the small waiting room have been restored and are maintained by volunteers from the
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Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under
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The station and platform were featured in a television advertisement for "Minties" lollies.
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A brief history of Couridjah in the Wollondilly Shire of New South Wales Australia.
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at Thirlmere, though none of the Heritage trains which still use sections of the
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Wright, Harry. "Picton Locomotive Depot and the Picton-Mittagong Loop Line",
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The last kooradgie : Moyengully, chief man of the Gundungurra people.
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Minties confectionery ad. filmed at Couridjah Station in 1985
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Couridjah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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Suburb of Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia
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Couridjah
New South Wales

Couridjah is located in New South Wales
Coordinates
34°14′S 150°33′E / 34.233°S 150.550°E / -34.233; 150.550
2016 census
Postcode(s)
Sydney CBD
Picton
Mittagong
LGA(s)
Wollondilly Shire
Region
Macarthur
State electorate(s)
Wollondilly
Federal division(s)
Macarthur
Thirlmere
Tahmoor
Thirlmere Lakes National Park
Buxton
Bargo
Macarthur Region
New South Wales
Australia
Wollondilly Shire
2016 census
Stone pumphouse at Thirlmere Lakes

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